Jounghee Lee1, Jaesin Sa2, Jean-Philippe Chaput3, Dong-Chul Seo4, Tonya Samuel5. 1. a Department of Nutrition Education , Graduate School of Education, Kyonggi University , Suwon City , Kyonggi Province , South Korea. 2. b College of Education and Health Sciences, Touro University , Vallejo , California , USA. 3. c Department of Pediatrics , Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. 4. d Department of Applied Health Science , Indiana University School of Public Health , Bloomington , Indiana , USA. 5. e College of Nursing and Public Health, Adelphi University , Garden City , New York , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine racial/ethnic differences in weight perception by sex among U.S. college students. PARTICIPANTS: a national sample (N = 70,267) of college students selected from 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions (N = 62) during the Fall semester from 2011 to 2014. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis using 4 years of American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment IIb data. Sex-stratified multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception. RESULTS: Compared with non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic black men and women were more likely to underestimate their body weight (p < .01). Asian men and women were more likely to overestimate their body weight than non-Hispanic whites (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Weight-related interventions should take into account racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception.
OBJECTIVE: To examine racial/ethnic differences in weight perception by sex among U.S. college students. PARTICIPANTS: a national sample (N = 70,267) of college students selected from 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions (N = 62) during the Fall semester from 2011 to 2014. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis using 4 years of American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment IIb data. Sex-stratified multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception. RESULTS: Compared with non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic black men and women were more likely to underestimate their body weight (p < .01). Asian men and women were more likely to overestimate their body weight than non-Hispanic whites (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Weight-related interventions should take into account racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception.
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Body weight perception; college students; obesity; weight overestimation
Authors: Jounghee Lee; Jaesin Sa; Jean-Philippe Chaput; James Heimdal; Beatrice Nelson; Beom-Young Cho; Elizabeth Kwon Journal: Osong Public Health Res Perspect Date: 2021-04-29